As part of the expansion program, some manufacturing-related R&D activities, such as launch costs, production development and implementation, will be transferred to Kechnec from the company’s innovation center in Cologne, Germany....More

The auto maker does not fully explain the delay. A spokesman hints that Chrysler was not satisfied with the DDCT’s performance. “It’s got to be something that customers are happy with,” Vince Muniga tells WardsAuto....More

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While the shift in focus to electrics initially may have been motivated by VW’s Dieselgate emissions scandal, it appears the strategy now goes well beyond plugging holes in the automaker’s lineup, to changing the very way its vehicles are bought and sold....More